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Prospect Watch: Sadler Solid In Win, Bradenton Remains Winless

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TOP OF THE SYSTEM

A look at how the current top 20 prospects did today.  Note that this list doesn’t include players currently in the majors. If a player is in the majors, he will be removed, everyone below him will be shifted up a spot, and a new player will be added to the bottom of the list. Rankings are from the pre-season rankings, and links to each prospect writeup can be found by clicking the player names below. Players who weren’t in the original top 20 are linked to their player page on the site.

1. Gerrit Cole, RHP, Indianapolis (0-1, 6.00) – DNP

2. Jameson Taillon, RHP, Altoona (0-0, 0.00) – DNP

3. Gregory Polanco, CF, Bradenton (.269) – 1-for-4, 2B

4. Alen Hanson, SS, Bradenton (.212) – 1-for-4, BB

5. Luis Heredia, RHP, Extended Spring Training

6. Josh Bell, RF, West Virginia (.310) – 3-for-3, 2B, 2 RBI

7. Barrett Barnes, CF, Extended Spring Training

8. Tyler Glasnow, RHP, West Virginia (0-0, 0.00) – DNP

9. Kyle McPherson, RHP, Indianapolis (0-0, 9.00) – DNP

10. Nick Kingham, RHP, Bradenton (0-2, 6.52) – 4.2 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 1 HR

11. Clay Holmes, RHP, West Virginia (0-0, 4.15) – DNP

12. Dilson Herrera, 2B, West Virginia (.217) – DNP

13. Tony Sanchez, C, Indianapolis (.091) – DNP

14. Bryan Morris, RHP, Indianapolis (0-0, 0.00) – DNP

15. Wyatt Mathisen, C, West Virginia (.136) – 0-for-1, BB

16. Adrian Sampson, RHP, Bradenton (0-0, 10.13) – DNP

17. Victor Black, RHP, Indianapolis (0-1, 5.06) – DNP

18. Andy Oliver, LHP, Indianapolis (0-0, 0.00) – DNP

19. Jin-De Jhang, C, Extended Spring Training

20. Stolmy Pimentel, RHP, Altoona (0-0, 0.00) – DNP

 

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DAILY SUMMARY

Top Pitcher: Casey Sadler, RHP (3.27) – 6.0 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 HR

Top Hitter: Jarek Cunningham, 2B (.296) – 3-for-4, 2B, HR, 2 RBI

Home Runs: Jarek Cunningham (2), Gift Ngoepe (1), Carlos Mesa (1)

 

AAA: INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS 

Mesa hit his first homer of the year
Mesa hit his first homer of the year

Indianapolis was rained out

 

AA: ALTOONA CURVE 

Boxscore

Result: Altoona 5, Harrisburg 4

Starting Pitcher: Casey Sadler, RHP (3.27) – 6.0 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 HR

Top Hitter: Jarek Cunningham, 2B (.296) – 3-for-4, 2B, HR, 2 RBI

Other Notable Performers:

Andrew Lambo, LF (.393) – 1-for-4, 2 RBI

Mel Rojas Jr, CF (.303) – 2-for-4

Gift Ngoepe, SS (.167) – 2-for-3, HR

Game Notes: Casey Sadler picked up his second win and both Jarek Cunningham and Andrew Lambo drove in two runs, as Altoona moved to 4-3 on the season. Sadler threw 80 pitches on the night, 55 of them for strikes. Ethan Hollingsworth followed Sadler with two scoreless innings. Lambo now has seven RBI’s this year. Gift Ngoepe had just one hit coming into the game. Mel Rojas Jr has six hits in his last two games. Click here for John Eshleman’s live game report.

 

A+: BRADENTON MARAUDERS

Box Score

Result: Charlotte 7, Bradenton 4

Starting Pitcher: Nick Kingham, RHP (6.52) – 4.2 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 1 HR

Top Hitter: Carlos Mesa (.250) – 2-for-3, 2B, HR, BB, 3 RBI

Other Notable Performers:

Gregory Polanco, CF (.269) – 1-for-4, 2B, SB

Alen Hanson, SS (.212) – 1-for-4, BB

Game Notes: Bradenton lost their seventh straight game to open the season. Nick Kingham lost for the second time and both times he started the game off strong. He threw three perfect innings to start his first game, and started tonight’s game with two perfect innings. Carlos Mesa was just 1-for-9 coming into the game. His two-run homer gave Bradenton an early 2-0 lead. Gregory Polanco stole his fifth base of the season and he has hits in four straight games. Zac Fuesser followed Kingham and gave up two runs in 2.1 innings. Robert Kilcrease finished the game with a scoreless inning, his third scoreless appearance this year, covering 4.2 innings.

 

A: WEST VIRGINIA POWER

Box Score

Result:  Game suspended by rain

Starting Pitcher: Orlando Castro, LHP (1.74) – 4.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 0 HR

Top Hitter:  Josh Bell, RF (.310) – 3-for-3, 2B, 2 RBI

Other Notable Performers

Stetson Allie, 1B (.333) – 1-for-3, 2B

Game Notes: The game was suspended in the top of the fifth inning, with West Virginia up 5-0. The game will be completed before the start of Friday night’s game.

John Dreker
John Dreker
John started working at Pirates Prospects in 2009, but his connection to the Pittsburgh Pirates started exactly 100 years earlier when Dots Miller debuted for the 1909 World Series champions. John was born in Kearny, NJ, two blocks from the house where Dots Miller grew up. From that hometown hero connection came a love of Pirates history, as well as the sport of baseball. When he didn't make it as a lefty pitcher with an 80+ MPH fastball and a slider that needed work, John turned to covering the game, eventually focusing in on the prospects side, where his interest was pushed by the big league team being below .500 for so long. John has covered the minors in some form since the 2002 season, and leads the draft and international coverage on Pirates Prospects. He writes daily on Pittsburgh Baseball History, when he's not covering the entire system daily throughout the entire year on Pirates Prospects.

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